Jenny Carlstedt

Mezzo-soprano

Jenny Carlstedt has been a member of the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt since 2002/03. During the 2014/15 season she sings Meg Page in Falstaff, Emilia in Otello, the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Vlasta in the first ever performances in Frankfurt of Mieczysław Weinberg's Die Passagierin/The (female) Passenger, a Flower Maiden / 2nd Squire in Parsifal and 2nd Chorus Leader in Pizzetti's Murder in the Cathedral. Recent roles in Frankfurt have included Idamante (Idomeneo), Merope (Enescu's Oedipe), Miranda (The Tempest) and the title role in Handel's Teseo (role debut- a triumphant success) in a new production in the Bockenheimer Depot. She recently sang in Sallinen's Kullervo in Savonlinna and Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande at Finnish National Opera in Helsinki. Other engagements by this Finnish-Swedish mezzo-soprano have included Olga (Eugen Onegin), directed by Peter Konwitschny, at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen and Theater an der Wien, and Dorabella (Così fan tutte) with Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Mozart roles are central to her repertoire, but so is contemporary music; recent engagements have included the world premiere of Sallinen's 5 Portraits of Women with the Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2015 she will sing the role of Angela in the world premiere of Hector Parra's Wilde at the Schwetzingen Festival, conducted by Peter Rundell and directed by Calixto Bieito.